Match maths
Batting Strike Rate Calculator
Runs per hundred balls faced, with the benchmarks that actually matter in each format.
Balls faced only. Wides are never credited to the batter.
Strike rate
142.31
runs per 100 balls
Runs per ball
1.423
Balls per run
0.70
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How this was worked out
- 1Divide runs by balls faced74 / 52 = 1.4231
- 2Multiply by 1001.4231 x 100 = 142.31
How the number is worked out
The formula
Strike rate = (runs / balls faced) x 100- runs
- Runs scored off the bat by this batter.
- balls faced
- Legal deliveries faced. A wide is not faced by the batter, so it never appears here.
A strike rate of 100 means a run a ball. Above 100 the batter is scoring faster than a ball a run, below it slower.
A worked example: a Twenty20 innings
A batter makes 74 from 52 balls in a Twenty20 match.
The runs alone do not say whether that was a fast innings. The strike rate does.
- 1Divide runs by balls74 / 52 = 1.4231 runs a ball
- 2Multiply by 1001.4231 x 100 = 142.31
A strike rate of 142.31, which is a strong Twenty20 innings. The same 74 from 110 balls would be a strike rate of 67 and a very different contribution.
Rules and edge cases
The situations that change the answer, and the ones most calculators get wrong.
Wides never count as balls faced
A wide is not a legal delivery and the batter is not credited with facing it, so it never enters the strike rate. A no ball the batter faces does count, along with any runs scored off it.
Byes and leg byes cost you strike rate
The ball counts as faced but the runs go to the team, not the batter. A batter who runs three leg byes has faced a ball and scored nothing, so the strike rate falls slightly. That is correct: those runs came off the pad, not the bat.
Small samples say very little
A strike rate off ten balls is noise. One six moves it by sixty points. Treat any figure from under twenty balls as a description of what happened rather than a measure of how the batter plays.
The number only means something next to the match situation
A strike rate of 70 is poor at the death and perfectly sensible at 12 for 3 in the fourth over of a one day match. Strike rate measures speed, not judgement, and the two are not the same thing.
What counts as good
Rough guides for a top order batter. Roles within a side vary these considerably.
| Format | Steady | Good | Very quick |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi day | 45 | 55 | 70 and above |
| One day | 75 | 90 | 105 and above |
| Twenty20 | 115 | 135 | 155 and above |
Frequently asked questions
Divide the runs scored by the balls faced and multiply by 100. A strike rate of 100 means a run a ball.
For players and coaches
Strike rate by phase, by format and by season
Crickslab computes these from every ball you face, so you can see how the number moves between the powerplay, the middle overs and the death rather than reading one figure for a whole career.
See player profilesLast reviewed 17 August 2026. Playing conditions change, so if your competition uses a different rule, its regulations take precedence over anything here.